4PM BURNING LAW

MAXIMUM FINE $500.00

BURNING LAW IN BRIEF:

1. No burning until AFTER 4:00p.m. if within 300 feet of woodland or grass brushland leading into the woodlands.
2. Fire must be attended at all times if within 150 feet of woodland or grass or brushland leading into the woodland.
3. No fuel may be added or fire rekindled after midnight.
4. Law applies to camp fires, warming fires, brush piles, household trash, stumps, fields of broomstraw and brush, or anything capable of spreading fire.

Contact the Virginia Department of Forestry for additional information or visit http://www.dof.virginia.gov/fire/faqs-burning.htm